NY Point Slate 1890
NY Point Slate
ca. 1890
William Bell Wait, superintendent of the New York Institute for the Blind, promoted a code called "New York Point" in 1868. New York Point was a cell two dots high with a varying cell width and was used for years in book and magazine production.
ca. 1890
William Bell Wait, superintendent of the New York Institute for the Blind, promoted a code called "New York Point" in 1868. New York Point was a cell two dots high with a varying cell width and was used for years in book and magazine production.
The brass back is heavily grooved
|
Types of Reading Codes
used in US in 1910 |
|
| New York Point | 57.2% |
| American Braille | 28.1% |
| English or European Braille | 4.7% |
| Line type or letter | 23.9% |
| Moon type | 11.1% |
| Kind not reported | 6.4% |
| Source: Department of Commerce-Bureau of Census, The Blind in the United States 1910, Washington: Government Printing Office, 1 Table 113, page 137 | |